WhatsApp has been working on adding support for chat themes on more than one occasion. A feature tracker has now given us a peek at what the feature could look like. The messaging app will let users change the colour of the chat bubbles as well as the background using preset themes. They can also pick their own colour and wallpaper. The company is also working on the ability to pick a username and set a PIN that protects them from unknown users on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp Theme Picker for iOS in Development
Earlier this month, feature tracker WABetaInfo spotted a new theme picker menu in development on a previous beta version of WhatsApp for Android. The WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.17.10.71 update contains previews of some of these themes.
When WhatsApp will eventually roll out the feature, it will offer users 10 theme presets to choose from. A few screenshots of the theme picker in action show two horizontally scrolling rows of themes. The top row includes solid colour backgrounds while the bottom row includes themes based on landscape art. All the themes have chat bubble colours based on the colour of the background.
It’s important to note that the theme picker isn’t actually available to beta testers at the moment. This is because it is still in development. So even if you’ve installed the latest beta version of WhatsApp for iOS via TestFlight, you will have to wait. WABetaInfo claims that these themes will only be seen by the user who applies them. This is unlike Instagram and Messenger, where the same theme is there for all chat participants.
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